Tuesday, July 08, 2008

No Epiphany

Hey we are in Benidorm in the autonomous region of Valencia. The kids here are all drunks and they suck at football but there are pools everywhere and also German tourists. We passed a bar called the "The Gents Bollocks". The show was crazy. Speaking of crazy, we are releasing a new record in October called "The Chemistry of Common Life" - the first single is called "No Epiphany" and it is about not giving a fuck about anything. Check out the lyrics:

Son of Heaven, the sun of godA blink from the eternal facadeThe ever-spot orb'd polyphonyNo epiphany

Tune the universe, be the spineTo stay in place as the planets alignSet to changes, affix to timeNo epiphany

Nothing new and nothing oldThe chilling warmth of the scorching coldNo way to change how the story is toldNo epiphany

Wait for time for a blessed replyNo surprise under the tired eyeWait to live as i wait to dieNo epiphany

Shine as bright in a darkened skyWon't wait for hope to be regrets disguiseVibrate alone as i say my goodbye'sNo epiphany

See no changes, show no ageLife's a book with a single pageThe body spins but i stay the sameNo Epiphany

As you an tell we are super lame now. Also you can download this song from the Matador site right here. The backup vocals are done by The Vivian Girls, who are also great. No Epiphany will be released as the 2nd 7" single for the LP, and will contain on the aside a remix of the song by No Age, and on the bside a 7" version of the song. Also the LP version has 18 guitar tracks.

Also just to clear up some stuff:The "Royal Swan" mp3 that was posted here a few days ago is NOT the LP version. It is a mix of the LP version (like 10 seconds of it) and 3 demo versions. Also, that song WILL be coming out as a 7" single, we just have no details yet. Expect it over the winter.

We've been playing a new song live, it's called Crooked Head, and is the first single for the LP. It's also got the Viv Girls on backups, and it's on the long side.

As per this interview, if anyone was wondering C. Colohan WAS in fact sort of in Fucked Up at one point. He played drums for the first and maybe second practice, when it was just Marbles, Gulag and him. Also the Fucked Up song "Last Man Standing" was written as a Ruination song, the band Marbles was in prior to FU - there was a Ruination practice in 2000 where that song was in the line to be learned, but there was no time, and Marbles quit the band before there was another practice. That makes the song older than Fucked Up but about a year and a half.

Pink Eyes did NOT cut his head at Sled Island Fest in Calgary, as per this article, but instead FELL into a glass that some kid was holding.

HERE is a big article with some more pictures from the "infamous" SUNY show, which was chill for us because we are bad ass, but frightning for tons of kids and nerds because they don't have to deal with cops every day like we do. IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS!We also heard that our friends Career Suicide broke up? Who knows if its true?

Year of the Pig is coming out soon on 3 different 7"'s:

US EDITIONYear of the Pig (Carlos Edit)/Mustaa LuntaaUK EDITIONYear of the Pig (Eric Edit)/Anorak CityJAPAN EDITIONYear of the Pig (Corona Edit)/For my Friends

You will be able to order them all from the Matador Site (pre-ordered).

If you are from Toronto, make sure to check out the Jennifer Castle CD release:

Friday July 18thSt. George the Martyr Courtyard7:30 PM8$Castle MusicNiftyRyan Driver

Speaking of Blue Fog records, they are also putting out the $100 Album soon, which rips.

haha... benidorm is senior citizen / saggy titty heaven, but it's still pretty cool. stayed there for 4 days when I was in spain this past semester, if you've ever wanted to do karaoke that's the place to be. check out the spinnaker's bar along the avenue closest to the beach, real cheap drinks and an awesome bartender named carl who loves giving away free drinks.

if you have any questions/suggestions about spain hit me up, I studied in valencia so I know quite a bit about the east and north costs, as well as central spain. argoscheckmate at gmail dot com.

Also Spanish kids are wankers when you play football with them, we got chased out of town by an angry mob 'cos someone hacked down this little greaseball kid. They're not used to proper tackles down there, bunch of ponces.He called his older brother and we ended up charging onto the coach 'cos they tried to stab us with screwdrivers.